monday, sigh...

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Monday's suck... Just sayin'

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goddamn beautiful

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Fuck, I love Lana Del Rey. She is all types of amazing and this film clip tops it. Critics have said all types of things regarding her album but Blue Jeans is definitely a foundation track following suit of Video Games and Born To Die a trilogy of obsessively dramatic love songs where you can hear her heart literally breaking as she sings "Promise me you'll remember that you're mine. Baby can't you see through the tears?". It's an odd dynamic where you see Lana in the pool with a sexy tattooed male slash croc wrapping her endless legs around a scaly tail whilst she sings how incredibly in love she is. Something as a mere human I cannot get for one reason. She is so goddamn beautiful why would you not fall in love with her? Her face alone is enough to make me watch her videos over 50 times in one sitting - please no judgements this is a neutral forum. Gorgeous does not describe this neo human. Enjoy.

join the revolution

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Words cannot describe my sincere wish for everyone to view this video. It will be the most important video you will watch this year. 30 minutes is all it takes to open your eyes and get involved. KONY 2012 with your help we will make him famous!

freddy forever

reasons balloons are fun deflated

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A cute trio from Chicago are making great waves on one of my favourite websites Etsy! They write cute sayings, profound phrases and killer words on deflated balloons and sell them off. Now whilst most might not think this is "art" it's a greta way to showcase some of your favourite sayings or your favourite song lyrics. Check out their store at etsy.com/inflateddefalted. 

27 club

Today is Kurt Cobain's birthday. He would have been 45 years old but as we all know was cut down in the worst and self inflicted way. He then joined the 27 club along with Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hendrix and Heath Ledger a confronting phenomeon. Fronting the biggest 90's grunge band of all time, Kurt came from a small town just outside Seattle in the southwest of America. He made rockstar status after dropping out of school all whilst playing guitar to keep himself out of "trouble". Nirvana will be forever as will his memory.

I'll leave it to the words of his mother Wendy O'Connor who spoke of Kurt's death after he joked about joining the 27 club "Now he's gone and joined that stupid club, I told him not to join that stupid club."

Happy birthday.

Houston we have a problem

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a little somethin' somethin'

Nude Lucy tank $29.95 at Glue

Wittner "Lyon" wedges in Nude $139.95

Neon Hart sheer leopard maxi skirt $59.95 at General Pants

Wittner "Rise" boots in black $169.95

Australis Nail Colour in "Aqua" $9.95 at Priceline

So I thought I would share a few purchases I have made of late. Really into leopard print having said that I have been obsessed with resembling a cat like creature for soemtime now. Neon Hart is doing some amazing things and I'm really into this sheer leopard print maix which goes with everything and is my true love. I have taken up painting my nails some crazy bright colours on the weekend due to my new job which shock horror requires me to wear naked nails... I have to say its a struggle but I have come accustomed to a Friday night ritual of coming home a painting my nails instantly that and cheating wearing a nude colour during the week. I'm not really inot this whole regulation thing but I'm trying to be a good worker... Blah. Either way this weekends colour is for sure going to be this newly purchased Australis colour in Aqua. Just four more days...

Will you be my valentine?

A heart for my lovers, hope y'all have a love filled day!

At last

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Rest In Peace Miss Etta James. 

the throne

maui, waikiki and everything in between

Hi bloggers, sorry that I have been MIA for a while now. I have been in the land of Hawai'i enjoying a well deserved break! I am back at work doing the whole 9-5 thing, it is a far cry from last weeks endless Mai Tai's and floating along the water at Waikiki beach. Had 3 days in Maui and 8 days in Waikiki.

I had the most incredible time away these are just some of the things I did;
Drinking bottomless bowl-like cocktails
Shopping (Forever 21 and Victoria's Secret and M.A.C. makeup were favs)
Swimming
Watched the sunrise on a 10,000 ft high mountain in Maui
Off roded in a Jeep to see the infamous wave Jaws
Ate fish tacos
Discovered Cheeseburger in Paradise
Went to a Luau
Visited Pearl Harbor
Had New Years Eve at Aloha Tower
Made a friend from Canberra wearing the same Kookai dress in Marigold as me
Drank and enforced a 3 tequila shot minimum on New Years Eve
Met the wisest guy at a bar in the middle of a car park who will know be known as JC
Hitched a ride home in the back of a random's ute with 10 other people instead of waiting in the 2 hour cab line post New Years Eve
Attempted to bike ride (it was a skill I was deprived of after the whole falling off a bike scenario in the early 90's)
Saw 40ft waves at the North Shore
Drank too much Bud Light
Watched the Ron Artis Family Band play
Watched my bf paddle board
Visited the Arizona Memorial
Got amazing hand painted flowers on my toes from the best nail tech I have ever experienced
Attempted the world's largest meal at the Cheesecake Factory
Got "laid" (see what I did there)
Met up with my lovely VT who got engaged a day later!!!
Learnt incredibly annoying songs courtesy of tour guide Ron

It was amazing, incredible and needless to say I want to now move to Maui it was gorgeous. I promise to share some photos once I actually get through the hundreds and hundreds of them all!

happy new year

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take me away, a million miles away from here

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Sydney, 

I love you. I really, really do but you have disappointed me for about a month now. If you hadn't been told by the season Gods it is in fact Summer and we as your loyal citizens expect sun and heat and basic beach appropriate weather. You have not delivered. Now I am forced to say bye at least for 2 weeks as I go to a place that has these things that I am desperate for. I will be leaving you old friend for the land of Aloha's and Luau's please try and be Summer when I return. And Hawaii I will be seeing you very soon and I cannot wait. Pick up your game Sydney or I fear our love affair will suffer. 

Yours truly,

Keira Ellen 

munchies

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I am so keen for Mexican right now, gahhhhhhhh food get in my belly!

love for lana

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Lana Del Rey may be one of the most hypnotic pseudo gansta soul singers out there. However, Lana aka Lizzie Grant is in fact a daughter of a multi-millionaire real estate broker and a manufactured pop singer brought by Interscope records standing with the likes of Gaga and Limp Bizkit. Now the hispter fans may cringe at the thought of listening to a manufactured singer that was pushed to change her name to that of Del Rey but fuck this girl has some style regardless if it is solely her idea or not. You see her post Lizzie Grant image a mash up between 1950's glam, old school Hollywood, Bridget Bardot, 90's hip hop with an Americana throwback she is by far one of the most original conceptional singers around even with the backing from a major label. She calls her heart wrenching lyrics Hollywood Sadcore and that is exactly what it envisions. Interscope and her management team have tried very hard to protect this image of effortlessly cool with almost every female fucking hating her guts because she is just that a love to hate her kind of thing. In fact it has been citied that Del Rey recently lived in a New Jersey trailer park which may be true but her millionaire fortune still hangs in the background.

With the release of "Video Games" and Del Rey's appearance in the video on her self shot webcam frames it is evident that she has a little something. A little something that everyone would kill for, and no it isn't those lips, its a persona created which appeals to so many and frankly don't give a damn if it is a processed and carefully manufactured move from the record companies or not. Del Rey used iMovie to cut up frames from old movies, cartoons and then inserts her Lolita style webcam shots. But her voice alone is good enough for the achieved success of her first single. But the directional change of her name, history and image beg to differ whether she would sell as many records and thus stardom. I guess it is much easier to love a chick that struggled tough in a trailer park than a millionaire heiress. But she writes her own lyrics and melodies so surely taht must get her some well earned points in the authenticity if not her image at least her music. Ms Del Rey often describes herself as a gangster Nancy Sinatra and with the release of her video "Born To Die"wheres she gets sweaty with a hot tattooed boy, smokes a joint all whilst wearing a white fringed leather jacket she certainly lives up to that name. The voice, that hair and lips and those ghetto nails is instant love for me manufactured or not.

lift up and on

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I seriously had an epiphany today and it's the best thing that has happened in a long time, remember this day. 

hide and seek

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corby the real deal on a talent show?

I dislike "talent" programs Australian Idol, X Factor and all those <insert country> got talent. I hate that the phrase "it gave me goosebumps" is used when an individual sings a crappy cover of a classic tune like Devil Inside by INXS. I know I shouldn't judge as I have no artistic talent in music whatsoever and I sound like a music snob... I can appreciate that these contestants have talent but the backing of having four judges, voting my the public and themed weeks like 80's power ballads does not sit well with me. The only time I have ever really invested in an individual from a talent show was JMally aka Jessica Mauboy for one reason and ones reason only, she of Aboriginal heritage and lived out in Alice Springs lost out "Australian"Idol to an Irish non Australian citizen it may sound harsh but true, did no one see the irony?!?!

Having said all of this I may have to eat my words... Introducing "Brother" by Matt Corby, you've probably heard this tune slammed on Triple J as part of unearthed artists. It's awesome, mumford and sons, city and colour with a little Finn Brothers and fuck he is a past Australian Idol contestant. E-A-T-I-N-G-M-Y-W-O-R-D-S. Going from a 16 year old school kid with this incredible hairdo that had  national obsessed to this acoustic and masculine sounding man with an artistic license people would kill for, he has made an impression.

Just listen.

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